Andrew Burwell
Designer, astrophotographer, and Mac app developer. Founded Mac Observatory over 9 years ago to help astronomers get the most from their Macs. Now building native macOS apps for the astrophotography community. Based in Houston, TX.
Imaging Comet Neowise with AstroImager on the Mac
I’ve had only two opportunities to see and get images of comet C/2020 F3 Neowise. The first time out I wasn’t sure
Adventurers with the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Traveling with the Star Adventurer Last month, I finally got an opportunity to travel with mySky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro Pack, and myCanon T3i DSLRas my
A modern, portable, astrophotography setup with the Rainbow Astro RST-135
I’ve had in my possession aCelestron Advanced VX(my first astrophotography mount), aniOptron Cube Proas a visual grab and goto mount, and aSky-Watcher Star
Apple announces ARM CPU based Macs
What does this mean for Astrophotography? Good news. Likely not much. While the two CPUs are not compatible from a software standpoint, Apple is providing
Observatory Astronomical Image Library updated to 1.5.1
Sander hasjust updatedhis Mac astronomical image cataloging application with some cool new features. You can now filter your image library by 21 new criteria, creating
Remote telescope imaging on the Mac or PC using a Raspberry Pi
This tutorial is the second part of a tutorial I wrote a few weeks ago.In the first part, I covered how to set up
Observer Pro 1.3 for iPhone released
I love this app, and have been using it for some time. Joshua Bury is the developer, and over the last few months he’s
Setting up the Raspberry Pi for Remote Telescope Imaging over your home network
This is part one of a two part series on remote imaging in your back yard. It’s difficult to brave the mosquitos at night.
How the Telescope Field of View Affects Equipment and Object Selection
Your field of view (FOV) is the view your telescope has of the star field in the night sky. Telescope and camera selection has an
Imaging a Kaleidoscope of colors on the North American Nebula
I recently came across a directory full of images labeled HD199479, which just happens to be the name of the bright star right at the
Basically I was just interviewed on the Mac Power Users podcast
…where I basically say basically about a thousand times. It’s all good though. A few more podcasts and I’ll be a pro. Don’
5 things to consider if you're interested in astrophotography
The setup shown above is what I could consider a rather advanced setup. In all likelihood you’ll start in this hobby with a much